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UN seeks $4B for aid in Syria as civilians face growing humanitarian crisis 03/22/2024 11:50am • BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. humanitarian official appealed Friday for more than $4 billion in life-saving aid for more than 10 million Syrians, saying that the country's largely forgotten crisis remains “one of the most deadly to civilians in the world.” Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator in Syria A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India's capital 03/22/2024 11:39am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India's most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. Arv Amid migrant crisis, Massachusetts debates how best to keep families housed 03/22/2024 11:04am • BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system at the center of the migrant crisis. Under the bill approved late Thursday by a vote of 32-8, the state would limit maxim Kvaratskhelia set to return as Georgia chases Euro 2024 dream against Greece 03/22/2024 09:43am • The country of Georgia is preparing for the biggest soccer match in its history. Having its best player back should help. Napoli forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had to sit out Thursday's Euro 2024 qualifying playoff game against Luxembourg because of a one-game suspension. It didn't matter as his team Attempts to rescue 13 people trapped in a collapsed Russian gold mine continue for a fifth day 03/22/2024 09:09am • MOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers labored for a fifth day on Friday to reach 13 people trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine in Russia's far east, news reports said. They said no contact has been made with the miners in the Amur region, about 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) east of Moscow. A New generation emerging from Bale's shadow to leave Wales on brink of another major tournament 03/22/2024 08:24am • The post-Gareth Bale era looked particularly daunting for Wales. After all, how could a principality with a population of 3 million really replace its best ever player, a Real Madrid great, once the most expensive signing in soccer history? Maybe they needn’t have worried. With Bale having retired Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don't know how to stop it 03/22/2024 07:37am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don't see a clear way to slow the devastating virus. The worldwide bird flu outbreak that began in 2020 has led to the d Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week 03/22/2024 07:20am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protested in the streets Friday demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government, saying it had failed to implement a In one Ukrainian city, ballet in a bomb shelter is an escape from the horrors of war 03/22/2024 07:15am • KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dance studio that doubles as a bomb shelter in northeast Ukraine, the little girls in pink tutus prance in like gusts of air. Timed to classical music, the 9-year olds jump and glide. Occasionally, they misbehave, prompting a curt rebuke from Marina Altukhova, their in Checking in on DC's sweeping anti-crime bill 10 days later 03/22/2024 05:16am • It's been 10 days since D.C.'s mayor signed the sweeping "Secure D.C." anti-crime bill into law. The bill strengthens gun penalties, cracks down on organized theft and expands the definition of carjacking, among other things. And while 10 days isn't a long time, we're curious about how things New Delhi's top elected official arrested in liquor bribery case 03/22/2024 12:11am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal was arrested Thursday by the federal investigative agency for suspected financial crimes, which accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago, his party sa The UN adopts a resolution backing efforts to ensure artificial intelligence is safe 03/22/2024 12:01am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly approved the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence Thursday, giving global support to an international effort to ensure the powerful new technology benefits all nations, respects human rights and is “safe, secure and trustworthy.” Why are striking doctors in South Korea facing license suspensions and what’s next? 03/21/2024 10:40pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as a punitive measure against their weekslong walkouts that have shaken hospital operations. Starting next week, the government said it will inform the striking medical interns 'When he needed help, no one responded': DC, 911 call center sued over drowning death 03/21/2024 10:33pm • The family of a man who drowned after jumping into the Washington Channel — after a 911 call listed his situation as a non-urgent, Priority 2 situation — is suing D.C., its Office of Unified Communications and the mayor. David Earl Griffin, 47, died on March 14 in 2022 after a more than half- Haitians emerge from homes during brief respite from gang violence. Hours later, gunfire erupts 03/21/2024 10:27pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians rushed to buy food and other basic supplies Thursday as they emerged from their homes during a rare respite from gang violence, but gunfire erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince hours later. Female street vendors balancing heavy loads on their heads fled the area